The death toll from Hurricane Helene has risen by 1 to 102 in North Carolina, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.

The total number of people killed in seven states is 231.

Wednesday’s daily report was not related to the missing or missing number. The emergency management agency, in a Monday email to The Center Square, said the number is seven.

A long version of the death report indicates that one death on Sept. 30 in Henderson County was related to the storm. The 51-year-old man had a pre-existing health condition that had deteriorated as a result of the storm and “has not returned to the condition it was in before it passed”.

The state’s mountain counties are in their sixth week of recovery from the storm that made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend. Helene dissipated over the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, dumping more than 12 inches of rain in several places.

State officials say 49 were killed in South Carolina, 34 in Georgia, 25 in Florida, 18 in Tennessee, two in Virginia and one in Indiana. The figures were confirmed by The Center Square based on information provided by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; South Carolina Department of Public Safety; Georgia Emergency Management Agency; Florida Department of Law Enforcement; Tennessee Emergency Management Agency; Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin; and the Gibson County Sheriff’s Office in Indiana.

Helene is the fourth deadliest Atlantic hurricane in the past three quarters of a century. Only Katrina (2005, deaths 1,392), Audrey (1957, deaths 416) and Camille (1969, deaths 256) killed more people.

Helene was one of three hurricanes to make landfall in Florida over a 66-day period and subsequently wreaked havoc in the south.

Debby made it to land as a Category 1 hurricane near Steinhatchee, Florida on August 5, Helene reached land as a Category 4 hurricane in Dekle Beach, Florida on September 26 and Milton reached land as a Category 3 hurricane near Siesta Key, Florida on October 9.

The flooding was catastrophic, possibly the worst storm to hit North Carolina since Hurricanes Floyd in 1999 and Hazel in 1954 — the latter the only Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in the state, the former causing a once-in-500 flood years.

According to PowerOutage.us As of late Wednesday afternoon, the total without power in Yancey County is 389. At the height of the storm, the last weekend in September, more than 1 million lost power.

According to DriveNC.orgthe total number of road closures due to Helene is 294. This includes one interstate, 21 federal highways, 29 state roads, and 243 secondary roads.